Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.
STEVE PREFONTAINEPRE. For your dedication and loyalty to your principles and beliefs. For your love,warmth and friendship. For your family and friends. You are missed by so many and you will never be forgotten.
More Steve Prefontaine Quotes
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I can endure more pain then anyone you’ve met. That’s why I win, because I can endure more pain.
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Having a true faith is the most difficult thing in the world. Many will try to take it from you.
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You have to wonder at times what you’re doing out there. Over the years, I’ve given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement.
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If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.
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No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me.
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I’ve been in international competition, and now I know what the big boys can do. You don’t go out and just run. There’s an offense and a defense.
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Something inside of me just said ‘Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,’ and I just took off.
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Kids made fun of me because I was a slow learner, because I was hyperactive, because of a lot of things. Running gave me confidence.
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What I like most about track is the feeling I get after a good run.
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A race is a work of art.
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What I want is to be number one.
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No matter how hard you train, Somebody will train harder. No matter how hard you run, Somebody will run harder. No matter how hard you want it, Somebody will want it more, I am Somebody.
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A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more.
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Nobody likes tainted victories.
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I like to make something beautiful when I run … it’s style. It’s doing something better than anyone else. It’s being creative.
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